From Basel to Miami to our fair city!
First launched in 2007, ArtHK grew rapidly over its five successful editions to become one of the world’s leading art fairs and arguably the most important art platform in Asia. Newly monikered Art Basel, this year the prestigious event for modern and contemporary art will showcase the work of more than 3,000 international creatives with a packed lineup of 245 galleries from 35 countries (half from Asia-Pacific), including 26 from our hometown, Hong Kong. Spectacul-art!
May 22-26, Wan Chai Exhibition Centre. W: artbasel.com, tickets via hkticketing.com
To read about our exhibition highlights, find the full story at PenCities!
Kicking back on the cape
It’s that time again, lovelies…
Perched above the shores of Cape Town’s Clifton Beach, this new boutique beauty boasts jaw-dropping views of the Cape’s coastline and is set to become South Africa’s must-stay spot this summer. Luckily, here’s your chance to get a head start – enter to WIN a 4-night stay, on us!
Go bespoke with our sizzling summer series
Save the date: This Saturday, May 18, we’re hosting a massive global flash sale!
Everything, and we do mean everything – from guides to box sets to our brand-spanking-new white linen summer series – is a whopping 50% off, so if you’re in the market for great gifts, good ol’ travel inspiration, or just want to add to your fabulous LUXE collection, don’t forget to visit www.luxecityguides.com and enter the code ‘LUXESUMMER’ at checkout! Get clickin’!
LUXE Link Roundup: Red Carpet at the Met Ball, A New Look for Baselworld, and Dubai’s Most Luxurious, Wallet-Puncturing Accom
BY The LUXE Editors
Sign us up for some R&R at the Raffles Dubai, stat
Welcome back to our weekly LUXE Links, in which we source some of the week’s best reads from around the web and around the world. Get clickin’, chickens!
Glam fash all over the Red Carpet at the 2013 Met Ball for this year’s Punk-themed exhibit [Vogue]
A look back at the short-lived but much-loved Holiday mag, for glam travel tidbits circa 1948 [VF]
After her extensive nip/tuck, Baselworld unveiled a fabulous new look at this year’s watch fair [T]
Finally: Inside the mind (and medicine cabinet) of our fave street style photog, Garance Dore [ITG]
The Middle East redefines luxury with 21,500 sq ft of opulence at the Raffles Dubai [Hotel Chatter]
LUXE Link Roundup: MO in Pudong, Turkey’s Cave Hotel, and The World’s 50 Best 2013
BY The LUXE Editors
Argos in Cappadocia, true Turkish extravagance
Welcome back to our weekly LUXE Links, in which we source some of the week’s best reads from around the web and around the world. Get clickin’, chickens!
Noma, ousted from #1 by El Celler de Can Roca, on 2013′s World’s 50 Best Restaurants list [Eater]
Up close and personal with Prada’s Great Gatsby – crystals, feathers and fur galore [Fashionologie]
Now open: Mandarin Oriental in Pudong, Shanghai, plus a presidential sneak peek [Destinasian]
The new hybrid, top-to-toe gent’s outfitters are part bespoke, part rock n’ roll [How To Spend It]
Travel inspiration: Turkey’s Cappadocia hotel gives new meaning to Ottoman opulence [Tablet]
Luxuriate in this Alpine abode
Dear hearts, we are thrilled to introduce you to our brand new online hotel bookings site, LUXE Offers! With monthly, highly-curated flash deals, our sassy booking engine brings the latest and greatest global luxury digs direct to you, with all the five-star indulgence but without the wallet-crippling prices. Right now, our handpicked hot offers include a 50% discount at Shanghai siren The Mansion Hotel, 30% off Richard Branson’s stunning The Lodge Verbier in Switzerland, and Maltese paradise at five-star Corinthia Palace, for over 40% off!
Book now to receive a discount voucher exclusive to LUXE members, and with each booking you make, enjoy a complimentary LUXE City Guide of your choice! Frequent fliers can rest assured that the travel-savvy LUXE team will regularly select more of the best offers worldwide, so pack your passports and get ready, jet-set… Go!
LUXE Link Roundup: A Noma cookbook, swish Japanese ryokan, and BA’s dreamy shoe closet
BY The LUXE Editors
We’ve just located paradise and it goes by the name of Umbria, Italy…
Welcome back to our weekly LUXE Links, in which we source some of the week’s best reads from around the web and around the world. Get clickin’, chickens!
Tokyo trips: a trad Japanese ryokan gets a swish spruce (hello, in-house hot springs!) [Wallpaper]
One for the wishlist - Noma chef René Redzepi’s upcoming 3-volume cookbook and journal [Eater]
Three words – Brian Atwood’s closet. Need we say more? Behold, stiletto heaven [The Coveteur]
One of our fave LA hangs, the Trails Cafe in Griffith Park, with fab perch for pooches too [The Selby]
Italy’s Castello di Reschio is what the doc ordered for ultimate Umbrian opulence [The Coolhunter]
Gorgeously Gritti
Welcome back to our weekly LUXE Links, in which we source some of the week’s best reads from around the web and around the world. Get clickin’, chickens!
The truly majestic, luxury-with-a-capital-L Gritti Palace in Venice, after her extensive facelift [AD]
A first look at the staggering collection of art to be housed in the Louvre Abu Dhabi [CN Traveler]
Our all-in-one NYC shop, sup, and cut spot Freemans Sporting Club opens a branch in Tokyo [FSC]
At long last, Amsterdam’s (and the country’s) grand dame Rikjsmuseum is complete [Superfuture]
Iconic, Art Deco train Orient-Express makes its maiden journey into Scandinavia – all aboard! [DA]
LUXE Link Roundup: Pacific Travel Inspiration, Loewe’s Design DNA, and C. Bradshaw’s Stillies
BY The LUXE Editors
Anantara’s Xishuangbanna Resort & Spa, Yunnan, China
Welcome back to our weekly LUXE Links, in which we source some of the week’s best reads from around the web and around the world. Get clickin’, chickens!
‘Master of leather, bold Spanish passion’, and more behind the scenes at Loewe Madrid [The Selby]
Spring travel inspiration: exploring New Zealand’s natural beauty from North tip to South [Tablet]
New China? Forget Beijing, the serene southwest province of Yunnan beckons [How To Spend It]
Sex and the City fans, here’s your rare chance to walk a mile in Carrie Bradshaw’s stillies [NYDN]
Future astronaut: what you could be upon entering KLM’s crazy spaceflight competition [Jaunted]
Spoon n’ swoon
Dear hearts, it’s Easter weekend! And because we know how well you’ve done suffering through the 46 chocolate-free days of Lent, we’ve rounded up the most luxurious Easter egg-cellence from our top 5 cities. Time to pack away the calorie-counter and release the chocoholic within. Ready… set… indulge!
London – Paul A. Young
Acclaimed chocolatier-slash-cookbook author Paul A. Young’s culinary prowess is showcased once again with the damn-delectable, too-good-to-share Sea Salted Caramel Filled Egg, made from 64% Madagascan chocolate and stuffed to the shell with his deliciously buttery caramel. Served in a porcelain egg cup with matching spoon, they’re available in all his stores, so best hop to London quicksticks!
143 Wardour Street, Soho, London. T: +44 020 7437 0011. W: paulayoung.co.uk
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